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to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued

4

period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty

1

pebble

1

river; stream; River; the ... river

3

road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

1

area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances

2

past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40

1

to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush

1

Home Minister (pre-1947)

1

revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance

6

house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building

2

president (of an organization); director general; governor (of a central bank); party leader (esp. LDP)

1

to win fame; to be widely-known; to be well known; to make a name for oneself

1

figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person

3

darkness

2

overcoat; greatcoat; cloak; wrap; mantle

1

large build; large pattern

2

acquaintance; appreciative friend

3

languid; listless

1

dispersing; breaking up; running away

1

all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total

2

to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive

4

ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out

1

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

3

to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed

1

short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō

1

blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice

1

to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright

2

to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards

4

he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing

10

violence; murder; crime

1

splash; spray

1

to fall flat; to fall face down

3

to fulfill one's duty; to discharge one's duties

1

sense of accomplishment

1

dodoitsu; unrhymed non-metrical Japanese popular love song or limerick in the 7-7-7-5 syllable pattern

4

Tokyo City

3

to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed

1

true state; actual condition; reality

4

toast

1

from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because

1

to look at; to gaze; to stare at

1

to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)

2

jam

1

(one's parents') home

2

raspberry (any plant of genus Rubus, esp. Rubus palmatus var. coptophyllus)

1

tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful

2

article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry

2

supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super

1

furnishings; implements; equipment

2